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4,193 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“The state acts in many disguises but always as the same invisible person.”
— Carl Schmitt, Political Theology
Tagged: Politics, Bureaucracy, Government
“The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything: It confirms not only the rule but also its existence, which derives only from the exception. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition.”
— Carl Schmitt, Political Theology
Tagged: Repetition, The Exception
“The indifference of trees to the historical moment. The indifference of dreams to interpretation. The indifference of the people to its own triumph. The indifference of the body to the revolution. The dazzling metaphysical spectacle of the sameness of faces the morning after revolution. ”
— Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories
Tagged: Revolution
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
— Stephen Dedalus, Ulysses
Tagged: History, Nightmare
“Toward the end of his life Max Weber was asked by a friend to whom he had been explaining the pessimistic conclusions of his sociological analysis: ‘But, if you think this way, why do you continue doing sociology?’ Weber’s reply is one of the most chilling statements I know in the history of Western thought: ‘Because I want know how much I can stand.’”
— Peter L. Berger, Facing Up To Modernity: Excursions in Society, Politics, and Religion
Tagged: Pessimisim, Sociology
“Sometimes what being a fan seems to be most about is self-defeat.”
— David Shields, Black Planet
Tagged: Fandom, Sports
“Instead of asking yourself, 'How can they think that?!' ask yourself, 'I wonder what information they have that I don’t?' Instead of asking, 'How can they be so irrational?' ask, 'How might they see the world such that their view makes sense?'”
— Douglas Stone, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Tagged: Curiosity, Empathy, In Praise of Moderation, Dealing With Difficult People, Be Moderate
“When you create an authentic brand that you believe in, you need to push yourself to think about what that brand really means, and that’s not limited to a product or industry. Go deeper. Think about its values, think about how it can be tweaked, reframed, and spun into something more interesting.”
— Marc Ecko, Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out
Tagged: Branding
“Your relevance is about as relevant as the Earth is to the billions and billions of stars in the sky.”
— Marc Ecko, Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out
Tagged: Relevance
“When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
— Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs
Tagged: Craftmanship